The story of the lighthouse is as fascinating and diverse as the design of the buildings themselves. Roman and medieval attempts to help seafarers navigate, using beacons and other seamarks, preceded elegant Georgian lights, followed in the nineteenth century by huge rock-based lighthouses such as Eddystone, which were great feats of Victorian civil engineering. This book relates the story of their construction, often undertaken in desparately dangerous and stormy conditions, looks at the lives of their keepers, and considers how automation has changed the modern lighthouse.
A gazetteer gives brief details of over 160 lights around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.
| ISBN: | 9780747805564 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2003 |
| Author: | Lynn F Pearson |
| Publisher: | Shire an imprint of Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Shire Album |
| Genres: |
Archaeology Ships and boats: general interest |
The story of the lighthouse is as fascinating and diverse as the design of the buildings themselves. Roman and medieval attempts to help seafarers navigate, using beacons and other seamarks, preceded elegant Georgian lights, followed in the nineteenth century by huge rock-based lighthouses such as Eddystone, which were great feats of Victorian civil engineering.
Lighthouses features in the following genres: Archaeology, Ships and boats: general interest
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Lighthouses was written by Lynn F Pearson and published by Shire an imprint of Osprey Publishing
Lighthouses has 48 pages
Yes it is part of Shire Album series
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